Gold stamps thrive at Carl Co stores in Schenectady
Charles W. Carl, president of the 85 year old Carl Co, defends the enduring gold stamp program. He notes stamps are redeemed in store for any item, encourage cash payments, and have kept the firm profitable over six decades. He predicts stamps may rebound as other stores reintroduce them.
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Carl Co
Schenectady
State Street
Carl
Speery and
Hutchinson
Charles W. Carl
Southern Saratoga Chamber endorses town hall and projects
The Clifton Park-Halfmoon Area Chamber of Commerce endorsed Halfmoon Town’s plan for a low energy town hall and civic center and the Luther Forest Development Project. It passed a resolution urging the State Commerce Department to use alternatives to tax cuts to attract new businesses. A speaker from the department is to be invited to discuss the Made in New York State Product Promotion Program.
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Board of Directors
Clifton Park
Halfmoon Area
Chamber
State Commerce Department
The
Commerce Department
New York State
David Meager
Malta
County Board of Supervisors
Saratoga County
Garrett Geurtze
Lee Brenn
Halfmoon
Richard Charbonneau
Round Lake
Saratoga County Board of Supervisors
Shenendehowa Guidance Department
145th New York State Agricultural Society Annual Meeting Highlights
The Albany Century farm families and agricultural journalism awards were announced at the 145th New York State Agricultural Society annual meeting. Keynote Gary Swan from the New York Farm Bureau spoke on land use taxes marketing regulation and federal policy. The 1977 special recognition went to V. A. Nisty Fogg. Bob Buyer of the Buffalo Evening News won first prize for Going Going Gone 50 years as a farmer with Jean Willis Cortland Standard and Mary Ognibene Niagara Falls Gazette taking second prize in their categories.
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New York State Agricultural Society
Gary Swan
Informa
Ation
New York Farm Bureau
New York
Bob Buyer
The
Buffalo Evening News
Jean Willis
Cortland Standard
Mary Ognibene
Niagara Falls Gazette
Catholic Diocese Urges End to B 1 Bomber Production
The Peace and Justice Commission of the Diocese of Albany calls for stopping B 1 bomber production and urges Catholics and others to contact Washington lawmakers. It cites Pope Pius XII era teaching as viewing arms races as dangerous and criminal and notes Rome’s condemnation. The commission, formed in 1976, advises the bishop on social justice and peace matters.
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Albany
Peace and Justice Commission
Diocese of
Pius XII
Rome
Bishop of
Mechanicville Man Shot In Hand In Thruway Parking Lot
A 20-year-old Mechanicville man, Clifford J. Yandell of 130 River Rd., was shot in the hand by an unknown man who demanded money in a parking area west of the Fultonville Thruway interchange Sunday at about 10 p.m. He was treated and released at Amsterdam Memorial Hospital after driving from Syracuse to General Electric in Schenectady. The bullet passed through his hand and lodged in his vehicle door. The investigation, led by Major N. Lecakes, includes state police Troop G and Thruway detail officers.
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Glen
Mechanicville
Fultonville
Thruway
Fonda State Police
Clifford J. Yandell
River Rd
Yandell
General Electric Co
Schenectady
Syracuse
Amsterdam Thruway
N. Lecakes
Thruway State Police
J. B. Sullivan
BCI
Thruway Detail
Fonda
Skidmore senior to compete for Irene Ryan Award at Cornell
Skidmore College senior Ann Jamison has been named a nominee for the Irene Ryan Award in the regional competition at Cornell University on Feb. 9. Jamison portrays Meg in Harold Pinter's The Birthday Party staged at Skidmore, with a $500 regional scholarship and trip to Washington, D.C. for the national round, where a $2,000 prize and screen test await the winner. Jamison has previously appeared in Skidmore productions and will perform in Playboy of the Western World in March.
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Shenendehowa
United States
Canada
Leonard L. Amlaw
Harkness
University of Rochester
Saratoga Springs
Skidmore College
Irene Ryan
American College Theater Festival
Meg
Harold Pinter
Skidmore
Ann Jamison
Bronxville
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Cornell University
John F. Kennedy Center For the Performing
Arts
Washington
D.C
Blood Analysis Day For Nurses In Saratoga Springs
Dr. Thomas Kelpetar of Saratoga Springs will speak on Blood Analysis as a Tool in Cardiac Diagnosis at the ninth annual Heart Teaching Day for Practical Nurses on April 14 at the Holiday Inn in Saratoga Springs. The session titled Ways of Looking at the Heart covers techniques for diagnosing heart conditions. Nurses may call the Heart Association in Hudson Falls at 68 Pearl St to register. a fee applies.
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Saratoga Springs
Thomas Kelpetar
Holiday Inn
the Heart Association
Pearl St
Hudson Falls
Legion Post Meeting In Mechanicville Tonight
The Lieutenant Fred H. Clark American Legion Post in Mechanicville will hold a meeting today at 7:30 p.m. in the South Central Avenue Post Rooms. A discussion of the Visitation Dinner at the Saratoga legion post will be featured. Refreshments will follow.
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Mechanicville
Fred H. Clark
American Legion
South Central Avenue
Legion Post
Saratoga
Duplex Destroyed by Fire in Saratoga Springs
A Sunday blaze leveled a four apartment duplex at 8 Allen Dr Saratoga Springs owned by Dan Budt of Schenectady. No injuries reported and occupants listed include Mrs J Cowen Allan Bull Mildred Collyer and Mr and Mrs Carivana. Firefighters arrived after 1 pm fully involving the structure and fought the fire for about two hours and 15 minutes, with the origin suspected in the furnace area.
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Saratoga Springs
Allen Dr
Dan Budt
Church Street
Schenectady
J. Cowen
Allan Bull
Mildred Collyer
Carivana
Airman Killed in Slushy Road Collision Near Saratoga
Airman Phelps Mace Jr., 40, of Brookfield Ohio, living in Porters Corners, died in a head-on crash on slush-covered NY 9P. He was stationed at the 656th Radar Squadron, Ketchums Corners Air Force Station, east of Saratoga Springs.
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Saratoga Springs
N.Y
Brookfield
Ohio
Phelps Mace Jr
Porters Corners
Here
Mace
656Th
Ketchums Corners
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Halfmoon Republican Club
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Knob Hill Road
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